Saturday, August 07, 2010

Trying To Draw Small

One of my drawing problems that I wish I could solve is that I draw too big.So this morning I tried to do tiny caricatures.It's extra hard for me because I tend to get distracted by details and I magnify them.I'm hoping that drawing small will force me to see the major shapes better. So far I'm sloppy.

It feels very comforting to know that I'm not the one with this same problem. I've been using one of those squeezable brush pens to do my sketches of people (mainly from the movies and tv shows I watch) on those really small Moleskines. They're really fun to draw in, but it's a challenge not cramping the details inside the smaller drawings, and plus you can't do as many sketches in them as you would a larger Moleskine sketchbook.

Drawing small is easier for me. I guess because the majority of my drawings growing up were little things stuffed into the corners of papers I was supposed to be doing schoolwork on. I also like filling up every inch of space with art.

I also draw too big, I was also kind of hoping it was something you could grow out of. Apparantly not. Oh well.Hey, I did a Tom and Jerry Eisenberg study, could anybody please take a look (if you haave any time) and tell me how good they are (if at all) and tell me where I can improve? Thanks

Like many others here, I have the opposite problem of drawing too small. Too often I draw too small for all the details I'd like to add. drawing big means moving your hands around more, more room for error. I think I hide too much behind this habit. You don't notice mistakes as much that way. Though your right that its easier to focus on the big picture that way.

John, maybe get one of those Moleskine sketchbooks instead of using a legal pad. The confines of the smaller pages might help you.

The thing about drawing smaller is that it definitely hides a lot of mistakes that drawing large would reveal. I tend to draw small because I'm always carrying a sketchbook. I did enjoy drawing bigger on animation paper as well. I go back and forth.

I have the opposite problem. I draw too small. It's easier for me to define my shapes that way. If I'm working on a commission I'll draw it out small then enlarge it in photoshop and re-draw over the enlarged sketch.

Drawing small and drawing large are two entirely different disciplines. I find drawing large-size becomes more like painting, especially if you're working digitally on a screen and can only see or focus on a portion of what you're doing at any time.